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Mrs Sara Kinuthia to Celebrate 50th Birthday

Sara and grandchild in Stockholm

This is to inform Kenyans, good friends and well-wishers that Mrs Sara Kinuthia will be celebrating her 50th birthday on Saturday 26th September 2009 at Styrmansgatan 1 (Tube Ösermalmstorg) from 14.00 hrs sharp. Through this Blog Release, those who are capable of attending are cordially invited by the Sara Kinuthia family resident in Stockholm.

From T-Centralen, take bus number 47 heading to Walmarsudde. Come and make this great occasion a wonderful moment for sister Sara who is well known within the Kenya-Stockholm community for her compassion, wisdom, spiritual guidance and a strong sense of leadership and direction. KSB and crew congratulates Sara on the occasion of her 50th birthday and wish her well in the years ahead. Further information can be obtained through: 0700389343.

Okoth Osewe

September 13, 2009 Posted by makozewe | News & Analysis | 1 Comment

“Citizen Oketch”: Final Show Schedules

Children’s Garden is on tour in Sweden from 19 to 29 September! Its about children and young people who play “Our Life”, a show which is about their own experiences of living on the street, growing up in slums, abandoned by parents or about running away from difficult family relationships.

The time for the show at Bio Rio is 19 September at 18 Hrs. After the film, there will be theater with Child’s Garden and later discussion about HIV/AIDS in Kenya and Sweden.

Children have heavy life experiences, but the performance conveys a wonderful vitality which guarantees living on and living longer!

On that day Katarina Norra will collect money for Children’s Garden. Last year the collection was over 30 000 SEK.

On Friday, 25th September, pupils at the school will meet some of the children in the Children’s Garden. There will be a chance to learn more about the Children’s Garden while children will be able to learn about each other.

Last year, Children’s Garden attended an Art Festival in Kenya and they came second. Children bit their teeth and said: “Next year we will win”!  This was realized. This year, Children’s Garden came first with song-dance programs while they took the first prize in guitar playing. It’s Shadrack who is the guitar player. He heard about the guitar playing for the first time two years ago and soon, he had the opportunity to play. Since then, Shadrack and the guitar
have become best friends. 9 children and adolescents between 7 and 20 years are on tour along with 4 conductors.

Parents and siblings who want to see the show, “Our Life” have a chance of doing so on Saturday, 26 September at the Spring Arts – Culture School in Farsta. There will be two performances: 15:00 or 19:00

Before the show, we will show the film, “Citizen Oketch” recorded in Kibera in Nairobi – which is Africa’s largest slum. Children’s Garden is located in Kawangare, Kibera. It’s a fluke that we can show the film on this particular day! Many thanks to CineAfrica!

Programs
Session 1
Kl. 15:00-18:30
15:00 The film Citizen Oketch. About the film: http://www.biorio.se/
16:00 notion Our Life with the Children’s Garden
17:00 Mingling, food and drinks.

Pass 2
Cl. 19:00-22:30
19:00 The film Citizen Oketch. About the film: http://www.biorio.se/
20:00 Notion “Our Life” with the Children’s Garden
21:00 Mingling, food and drink

Location
Our Theater – Culture School, Farstagången 8, Farsta
http://www.kultur.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=14356&ptid =

September 13, 2009 Posted by makozewe | News & Analysis | Leave a Comment

Hussein: Vote of Thanks from Sollentuna Community

Brothers and Sisters in the struggle for humanity, on behalf of members of the Sollentuna community and on behalf of the Network for Africans Unity in Sweden, I would like to thank the Hussein Funeral Committee for giving us an opportunity to contribute towards fulfilling Hussein Ssembatya`s (R.I.P) dream of having his body buried in his home village in Uganda.

We, at Sollentuna, feel honoured by the fact that you accepted to conduct the last fundraising party in our area. We promise to foster cooperation in arranging such premises for any noble causes whether in sorrowful or joyful times. May the almighty God rest Ssembatya’s soul in eternal peace. Further, I wish to thank the Kenya Stockholm Blog (KSB) for putting up a consistent call to the public and all of you who responded to the call and came to Sollentuna for the fund raising event.

I therefore take this opportunity to inform you that 25th September which had been reserved for another fund raising occasion for the late Hussein shall be converted to  a merry making party for our Muslim brothers and sisters after the holly Ramathan.

You are all welcome to join in our usual musical trans-nite in Sollentuna  with the best African DJs in Sweden at the same Malmvägen “Yes We Can” Lokal”. To enable us give the Best protection and entertainment, the entrance fee shall be 70 kr . More info to follow. Once again, I thank the committee and all of you for a job well done.

Samson Mande

September 13, 2009 Posted by makozewe | News & Analysis | Leave a Comment